Record Number: 5374
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Florence Nightingale's copy of Mrs. Trimmer's New and Comprehensive Lessons, Containing a General Outline of the Roman History (1818) has Nightingale's autograph in pencil on a flyleaf ... and pencilled marks -- an 'x' or an 'A' at the ends of chapters to show how far she had got with her reading."
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1820
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Italy
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:New and Comprehensive Lessons, Containing a General Outline of the Roman HIstory
Genre:History, Children's Lit, Textbook / self-education
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5374
Source:H. J. Jackson
Editor:n/a
Title:Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:21-22
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 21-22, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5374, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None